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Ghost House
Ghost House's Card Version Packaging
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Master System
Release date(s)	JP April 21, 1986 NA 1986 EU 1986
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Media	Sega Card Cartridge (re-release)
System requirements	No Special Requirements
Input methods	Joypad Controller

Ghost House is a single-player, side-scrolling action video game published by SEGA and released in 1986 for the Master System which was loosely based on Sega's 1982 arcade game Monster Bash.

The game was originally released in the short lived Sega Card format, but was re-released on cartridge when Sega abandoned the card format when the Master System II was released.

Plot

You play the role of Mick, a young vampire hunter out to destroy five vampires (or "Draculas" as the instruction book calls them) in each stage before proceeding to the next.

Everything is out to stop you from completing this tasks and making you way out of the mansion. You just have to punch, or jump on, your enemies to defeat them. Arrows will be flying from either direction and will attempt to hit you on the head, and you must either duck or jump on them for extra points. You can jump or touch lights to freeze everything on screen for a few seconds. Rather than punching, you can collect a sword on the lower level by jumping on it as it flies past you.

The sword is useful when you fight Dracula or getting rid of Fire Blowers. You start the game with three lives, and receive an additional life every 50,000 and 150,000 points. You also have an energy meter. You lose energy when you touch one of the monsters. When you run out of energy, you lose a life. You gain energy by collecting treasures scattered throughout the mansion, and it is restored when you kill a Dracula.

Regional Differences

Ghost house has been released under a number of different names. In Japan it is referred to as: ゴーストハウス and in Brazil, was renamed: Chapolim X Dracula: Um Duelo Assustador by Tec Toy the sprite of Mick was also replaced by the Mexican character, El Chapulín Colorado).

References

• MobyGames
• GameFAQs

External links

• Play Sega's Ghost House online (Java)